lentjan, Bodianus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:281, 293 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [probably Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7847 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:12 [ref. 19171], Bauchot et al. 1983:66 [ref. 21545]. Based on a specimen donated from RMNH to MNHN. •Valid as Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:156 [ref. 19756], Sato 1978:42 [ref. 8884], Kyushin et al. 1982:110 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:154 [ref. 29757], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:180 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:598 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:67 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:200 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:42 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:219 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:330 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:90 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:361 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:184 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:200 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:155 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:298 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:864 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:269 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:140 [ref. 25480], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:249 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3034 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:864 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:276 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1236 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa in Motomura & Shibukawa 2009:162 [ref. 31132], Allen & Erdmann 2012:497 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:149 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:425 [ref. 33460], Psomadakis et al. 2015:265 [ref. 34104], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:59 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:156 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:215 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:99 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:115 [ref. 36262], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:172 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:225 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:20 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:78 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:171 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:477 [ref. 37272], Carpenter 2022:322 [ref. 39786], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:211 [ref. 41223], Mehanna et al. 2022:691 [ref. 39427], Zajonz et al. 2022:188 [ref. 40522], Vilasri et al. 2023:88 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:527 [ref. 40796], Damadi et al. 2024:117 [ref. 41152]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802). Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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